At the risk of crashing the website I thought it would be nice to discuss where everyone is from.

Myself-Hampshire, England.

What about you? Is Tolkien fandom common where you live? ‘As they came to the gates Cirdan the Shipwright came forth to greet them. Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and we was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars; and he looked at them and bowed, and said ‘All is now ready.’

but have lived around Indianapolis, IN (USA) for 20 years. This is where I met my lovely wife.

This place has changed (for the better) so much while I have lived here. As a sports fan, there are plenty of things to do and see. One really needs to experience seeing the main straightaway at IMS on Race Day in person at least once in their life. It is so cool. A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.

Tolkien fandom is VERY common. The LOTR movies were a smashing hit here, millions of people watched them (in a country with just 9 million inhabitants). Almost everyone have read the books, and if they havent, they for sure know what it's about. No matter how TH will perform in America or Southern Europe, One thing I am 100% certain of: The Hobbit will be immensely popular in all of Scandinavia.

Here, LOTR and TH is more popular than super-heroes, and not the other way around

but I am from Los Angeles, California, originally. I have lived in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Minnesota, and South Dakota. I moved to Ohio because it is so green and, in my rural county, there aren't lots of people.

born in Seattle, Washington state, USA; apart from a year in Oregon and three in Idaho, I've lived within 60 miles of my birthplace all my life. Now I live at the tip of the Olympic Peninsula, just a few miles from Elberbeth - on a clear day I can see the island she lives on. Lots of Tolkien fans here. The way we imagine our lives is the way we are going to go on living our lives.

There's a Tolkien Society in Denver, but I don't belong to it. I do meet up with a few Colordo TORn folks from time to time, which is always delightful. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

I was born in Michigan too. My mom called me a "Michi-gosling" (a take-off on "Michigander"). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

Born there, grown up in a more rural town and moved here because I work in Eindhoven, which is about 10km away.

In The Netherlands there is a Tolkien society, Unquendor (literally low country, which is of course the translation of The Netherlands). They are very active, organising lots of fun and interesting events. Close to me, friends, they tolerate me, but they aren't into it as I am.

(how popular Tolkien is in Scandinavia). After all, he was inspired by that "northern thing", the Norse myths. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories

But I'm in Rochdale ~*Haudh-en-Ndengin the Elves named it, the Hill of Slain, and Haugh-en-Nirnaeth, the Hill of tears... the earth beneath which the swords of the Eldar and the Edain crumbled into rust*~